Strategic Project Manager for Finance & Insurance Change

PIB Group Services Ltd.; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

PIB Group is seeking a Project Manager to deliver a varied portfolio of projects across our business. From large-scale transformation programmes to medium-sized change initiatives, you will work with stakeholders across multiple entities and locations, providing a professional and structured approach to project delivery.

You will define scope, develop and maintain project plans, manage costs and changes, prepare business cases, and provide regular status updates using standard governance

Qualifications

• Proven project management experience in a financial services environment.
• Preferably Insurance – (Desirable).
• Proven successful delivery of projects in a financial services or regulated environment.
• Project management methodologies and their application in a variety of environments.
• Full project lifecycle in business and IT environments.
• Financial services industry preferably in broker and insurer environments, awareness of products and the regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure scope is clearly defined and that project deliverables meet the business requirements and project objectives.
• Develop and maintain the project plan from initiation to project closedown to ensure delivery within agreed timescales.
• Co-ordinate activities/resources required for the project capturing actual costs and re-plan as necessary.
• Draft Business Cases for projects where you are the project manager.
• Proactively manage issues to resolution, initiating corrective action as necessary to ensure the project remains on schedule and budget.
• Deliver effective change and configuration management through change control procedures and approvals.
• Provide status updates to the Business Change Manager and ensure issues are escalated in a timely manner.
• Identify, evaluate, and document risks to delivery.
• Identify and prioritise key stakeholder relationships clearly communicating and managing expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Deliver standard artefacts as defined by the project management methodology. (RAID logs, Plans, Action Logs, Impact Assessments etc)
• Ensure all project information, plans and documentation are kept up to date and stored in the shared directory.

Skills

Project management

Job description

PIB Group is seeking a Project Manager to deliver a varied portfolio of projects across our business. From large-scale transformation programmes to medium-sized change initiatives, you will work with stakeholders across multiple entities and locations, providing a professional and structured approach to project delivery.

You will define scope, develop and maintain project plans, manage costs and changes, prepare business cases, and provide regular status updates using standard governance